Winning Mega Millions lottery ticket sold in Maryland, official says

AP Photo/The Daily Times, Laura EmmonsVicki Sharples sells a Mega Millions lottery ticket at the Royal Farms on N. Salisbury Blvd. in Salisbury, Md., on Friday, March 30, 2012. A record $640 million winning lottery ticket has been sold in Maryland, an official says.

CHICAGO (AP) — An official with the Maryland lottery says a record $640 million winning lottery ticket has been sold in Maryland, and there could be others nationwide.

Carole Everett, director of communications for the Maryland Lottery, says the winning Mega Millions ticket was purchased at a retailer in Baltimore County. She said it's too early to know any other information about the lucky ticket-holder or whether others were sold elsewhere in the nation.

Everett says the last time a ticket from the state won a major national jackpot was 2008 when a ticket sold for $24 million.